Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

Dr Jean-Paul Rodrigue , in the Department of Global Studies & Geography at Hofstra University, observed that bubbles have four phases; stealth, awareness, mania and blow-off. In the stealth phase , prescient angel investors and Venture Capitalists (VCs) start investing in an industry or market segment that others have not yet found.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

They have completely changed the social network space, managing to innovate new ways to monetize creativity while competing against popular social media platforms. Thanks to Teo Vanyo, Stealth Agents ! #21- Thanks to Tiffany Payne, Replace Your Docs ! #9- 9- Discord. Photo Credit: Garrett Hayes. 21- AMP Robotics.

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www.humbledmba.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice. As in stop being in stealth mode. Let me a share a few reasons why you dont need to be in stealth mode: 1.) One of the reasons youre foolishly in stealth mode is probably because you havent done enough market research to realize that people are already working on this.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 2, 2015

At the time, they chose not to announce the funding, following a more general trend of going stealth. For a long time, I had been looking to find a better Craigslist: one that was social, trustworthy, and mobile first. News Craigslist eBay marketplace mobile Social network VarageSale'

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thenextweb.com

OCTOBER 17, 2011

3 Don’t go too stealth. Unless you have tons of funding (see Kohort ), be careful about going too “stealth.” Sources: The Social Network Screenshot. Join TNW Social Media on: Follow @tnwsocialmedia. He loves everything related to tech startups, beautiful design and social media gossip.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I believe that many social networks confused this idea. Social networks continue to drive conversion of marketers. But more broadly I believe that you’ll see a lot more tools for helping marketers more effectively run, monitor and manage social media campaigns. Not necessarily in the shopping mindset.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2015

Every entrepreneur in stealth mode who insists on waiting for their product runs the risk of being a non-starter. I have intentionally broadened the hype-cycle definitions from their traditional hard-technology application to include soft technologies, such as social networks and entertainment. Peak of inflated expectations.

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adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

A Large Number of Ex-Employees With social networks like LinkedIn, its easy to get a rough idea of how many people work at a given company. Stealth-mode" is generally unecessary and more likely harmful to your startup (and calling it stealth-mode calls you out as a noob). If its your company, bear this strongly in mind.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

What are “Reg D” filings with the SEC and why does this make it harder to stay in stealth mode? I asked some of the participating VCs, and they told me their attorneys had figured out a way to keep their stealth-mode companies stealthy.Yes, this strategy is not for every company. We spoke briefly about why.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

A professional social networking site has hired a content focused executive away from a traditional media company's digital arm. The Wall Street Journal is getting into the community and content game as well with their soon to be released stealth GetSocial effort. Don't know if you noticed, but LinkedIn has an editor now.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Socialware is emerging from stealth mode, and being increasingly public about its products and services. Now, for the first time, enterprises are able to integrate and leverage the public social networks where employees, customers and partners congregate. Introducing Social Middleware.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Mari is now building a new venture in human-machine interaction within the Samsung accelerator, currently in stealth mode. At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JULY 26, 2010

Marketing person at a stealth B2C/B2B payment company. Tags: Business Social Networking Technology. Director at Woodside Capital. Founder of a digital media company. A lawyer focused on startups. Founder of SF MusicTech. Founder of Chic Meets Geek events.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Two very well-funded competitors dropped out of stealth when we pushed our alpha and I started putting far too much emphasis on competitor-killing features and not enough time getting to market. Don’t let the picture being painted across the web of glamorous $MM exits or billion-dollar social networks fool you.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The startup Tracx , which provides a SaaS solution for tracking and managing marketing campaign on social networks, has received an undisclosed investment from Israeli angel Zohar Gilon. SimpliVT , a new venture in stealth has raised $9.2 Below is a recap of some of September’s Israeli tech headlines: Investment rounds.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Since getting started in October, the board has already invested work in three startups (all in stealth mode): whoisgreen.com , burringo.com and doitinperson.com. Like a traditional capital fund, Kayweb Angels also has a board of directors that provides its startups with connections, guidance and help securing further funding.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. It may not matter to you what Kohort is or isn’t, nor whether stealth is good or bad. Kohort said the site was “stealth&# to play up the sense of mystery around its brand and to generate interest. I think this strategy works.

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Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

The company has been in stealth mode for the last couple months but I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about NextView’s investment in the company and our enthusiasm to be working with co-founders Dan Foody and Alex Cote. Our Investment in Cloze. June 25, 2012.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

Are there benefits for a startup to work in “stealth&# mode? Excellent post by Seth Godin on the challenges of dealing w/ email, social networks, etc. Creating Urgency in Your Sales Copy – [link]. To Succeed, Don’t Obsess About Reasons You Might Fail – [link]. micah says not for all – [link].

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VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

SupersonicAds – a dominant leader in virtual currency monetization for online games, virtual worlds and social networks. Legolas Media – Currently in stealth mode, The Legolas Media team is focused on innovating digital display media. Below are the headlines for the week of July 8 2010: Startups of the week.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Craig is currently the CEO and founder of stealth-ish startup BetterWorks. Ted Serbinski: Angel investor Ted Serbinski sold his startup MothersClick to Lifetime in 2008 and joined the cable network as CTO of the ParentsClick Network.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2011

Sean Parker described himself as a platform builder (Napster, Facbeook, Causes) and commented on how he was portrayed in the ‘Social Network’ movie. To name a few, I’ve seen Outbrain, Similar Group, Donanza, HitPad (still in stealth), Superna, Speedup, JamRT(creators of Tubehero), Mythings,Fiddme and more.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Then from a bottoms-up standpoint what you said is exactly right, I think, which is that the new generation of employees grew up on smartphones and tablets and touch and everything, social networking and Twitter and everything else. Marc Andreessen: We have a bunch of stealth investments.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Number six is an interesting one and this mainly applies to technology companies or people who are building products is remaining stealth too long and with that is also being slow to launch. Jonathan: He’s got to earn it. Caroline: That’s right. A lot of companies say, “Oh, I just … I can’t put it out there yet.

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